Samuel Ashmore Creelman

Brief Life History of Samuel Ashmore

When Samuel Ashmore Creelman was born on 18 November 1820, in Upper Stewiacke, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, John Creelman, was 30 and his mother, Margaret Rutherford, was 24. He married Eleanor Cox on 6 March 1845, in Upper Stewiacke, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1845. He died on 11 May 1870, in South Branch, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 49, and was buried in Upper Stewiacke, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Ashmore Creelman
1820–1870
Eleanor Cox
1827–1905
Marriage: 6 March 1845
Margaret A. Creelman
1846–1916
Creelman
1856–
John F. Creelman
about 1862–
Elizabeth Mary Creelman
1848–1912
Esther Muir Creelman
1850–1872
Hugh Graham Creelman
1852–1866
Jane Creelman
1857–1926
George Creelman
1864–1899
Edgar Creelman
1866–1928
Harriet Tupper Creelman
1869–1923

Sources (43)

  • Samuel A. Creelman, "Canada, Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918"
  • Ashmore Creelman, "Nova Scotia Deaths, 1864-1877"
  • Sam. Creelman in entry for Esther Dunlap, "Canada, Nova Scotia Deaths, 1864-1877"

World Events (2)

1823

Oldest Grave Seen in Memorial List

1869

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Name Meaning

Scottish: probably an occupational name derived from Middle English crel ‘large wicker basket, creel’ + man, probably denoting someone who used a creel for catching or storing fish.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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